Birthday:
06-15-1943
Deathday:
12-05-2017 (74 years)
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Biography
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France.
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Man on the Train
Act like Milan
event2002 star_border 6.7
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A man, Milan steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier. The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté
Act like Archives
event2022 star_border 8
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This exceptional documentary, based on an original idea by Paul Belmondo, immerses us in the fantastic love story that Johnny had with cars throughout his life. The rock star bought the most expensive cars and motorcycles, loved speed and above all participated in numerous car races, such as the Monte Carlo Rally or the Paris-Dakar!
The Specialists
Act like Hud
event1969 star_border 5.7
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Hud Dixon returns to his hometown when his brother is killed by a lynch mob.
Crime Spree
Act like Marcel Burot
event2003 star_border 5.6
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An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
Animal
Act like La vedette masculine
event1977 star_border 6.2
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Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
The Society of the Spectacle
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1974 star_border 6.7
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Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Jean-Philippe
Act like Jean-Philippe Smet / Self
event2006 star_border 5.7
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A bourgeois office drone whose raison d'être is the music of French rocker Johnny Hallyday awakens one day in an alternate universe where the famed musician never recorded a single song. When he’s not at the office dutifully plugging-away, Fabrice lives a deadly dull life.
The Iron Triangle
Act like Jacques
event1989 star_border 5.4
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Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John Sacksteder
The Pink Panther 2
Act like Milliken
event2009 star_border 5.7
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When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Act like L'ermite
event2004 star_border 6.1
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No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
Mon nom est Johnny
Act like Self
event2021
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From New York to Los Angeles, a journey in the United States, in the footsteps of Johnny Hallyday, on tour in the country he has always admired. On the stages trodden by his idols, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent or Eddie Cochran, he presents to an audience that does not know him a raw rock, full of emotion and energy. A tour he did to give back to America what it had given him.
Why Not Me?
Act like José
event1999 star_border 5.8
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Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues.
Playing Beatie Bow
Act like Ben
event1986 star_border 4.9
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Abigail Kirk was an ordinary enough sixteen year old growing up in todays Sydney. An intriguing chain of events finds Abigail, through some eerie time shift, transported back one hundred years after watching some children playing a scary game called Beatie Bow.
Family Business
Act like Louis, the Father
event1986 star_border 4.5
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French rocker Johnny Halliday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the "family business".
Vengeance
Act like Francis Costello
event2009 star_border 6.6
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A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Detective
Act like Jim Fox Warner
event1985 star_border 5.3
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Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
Where Are You From, Johnny?
Act like Johnny
event1963 star_border 5
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Without knowing it, Johnny, a young rock musician, finds himself involved with a Parisian drug gang. Realising he is being set up, he throws the drugs into the Seine and takes refuge in the Camargue with his family and his fiancée, Gigi. Meanwhile, the dealers are hot on their heels.
Terminus
Act like Stump
event1987 star_border 3.7
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An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a terminus. The lead truck, created by a boy genius, is driven by a woman. When the computer guidance system fails, she ends up in uncharted territories and encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her. Meanwhile, a mysterious doctor seems to have another plan in mind.
Shoot to Live
Act like Self
event2022 star_border 6.2
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A documentary on filmmaker Claude Lelouch, following him over seven years.
Quartier V.I.P.
Act like Alex
event2005 star_border 4.3
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Gardien à la Santé, Alex mène une petite vie tranquille aux côtés de son épouse Louisette et de son collègue et copain René. Muté au quartier des V.I.P., il se voit proposer par l'un des détenus, Bertrand, un businessman condamné pour affaires frauduleuses, un étrange marché : Claire, l'épouse de Bertrand, a décidé de se séparer d'un mari devenu encombrant tout en profitant de sa fortune. Alex est alors chargé de lui proposer une affaire financière alléchante mais bidon qui pourrait permettre à Bertrand de récupérer son argent. Désireux de mettre un peu de piment dans sa vie, Alex accepte de jouer le jeu et de se comporter pendant ses soirées en homme d'affaires suisse et discret ! Claire est séduite. Très vite, Bertrand réalise qu'Alex s'intéresse vraiment à sa femme, Claire découvre la supercherie financière et Louisette la trahison conjugale...
Mischka
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event2002 star_border 5.3
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An old man in dressing gown and slippers is abandoned by his family on an area of highway while on vacation. He later finds himself in a hospital where a nurse, Gégène, calls him Mischka.
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2020 star_border 7.5
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If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and carelessness. Through his films, archives and the testimony of those close to him, we discover a complex man, a sad clown saved by his taste for words and for fun.
The Great Chase
Act like Frankie
event1968 star_border 3
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A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.
La Gamine
Act like Frank Matrix
event1992 star_border 4.8
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A teen girl is wrongfully suspected for a crime. A former cop helps her to proof her innocence. There's only one problem : her behavior brings the two of them more than once in trouble.
À la mémoire du rock
Act like Self
event1963 star_border 6
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The rock-wild youth of the 1960s during the apparitions of their idols.
Godard by Godard
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2023 star_border 7.8
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Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and unheard-of path, made up of sudden detours and dramatic returns, of a filmmaker who never looks back on his past, never makes the same film twice, and tirelessly pursues his research, in a truly inexhaustible diversity of inspiration. Through Godard’s words, his gaze and his work, the film tells the story of a life of cinema; that of a man who will always demand a lot of himself and his art, to the point of merging with it.
We Love You, You Bastard
Act like Jacques Kaminsky
event2014 star_border 5.6
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A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his new girlfriend. But his life is turned upside down the day that his best friend tries to reconcile him with his family by telling them a big lie.
Céline Dion, le grand show
Act like Self
event2012 star_border 9.2
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On Saturday, November 24, 2012, Celine Dion appeared in the TV special 'Celine Dion : le grand show', broadcast live on the French channel France 2 and hosted by Michel Drucker and Veronic DiCaire, at the Studios d'Aubervilliers, near Paris, France.
Money Money Money
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event1972 star_border 6.7
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When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
Falling Point
Act like Vlad, dit 'Le Roumain'
event1970 star_border 5.8
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Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive...
Love Me
Act like Lennox
event2000 star_border 5
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Laetita Masson directs this hallucinatory dream-like work about dancing on the beach, Elvis impersonators, and sailors longing to live and work in Taipei. Sandrine Kiberlain, Johnny Hallyday, and Julian Sands are just a few of the many cast members.
The Nugget
Act like Ratner Precision Driving Double
event2002 star_border 5.8
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'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.
Danger Down Under
Act like Leo
event1988
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The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.
Paparazzi
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event1998 star_border 5
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Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.
Les Vieilles Canailles
Act like Self
event2014 star_border 7
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Les Vieilles Canailles is the name of the trio bringing together singers Jacques Dutronc , Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday . Les Vieilles Canailles performed for the first time on the Bercy stage , where they gave six performances, from November 5 to 10, 2014 . In June and July 2017 , the trio reform during a tour in France , Belgium and Switzerland .
Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent
Act like L'accidenté à répétition
event1981 star_border 3
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Three thirty-year-old friends with a strong appetite for women and leisure life, supported by different people, live very well. Until one of them is forced to work. His two mates will do everything to free him from this calvary.
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2022 star_border 7.2
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In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2022 star_border 7.5
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The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, the rumors, her love affairs, her marriage, her son, her successes, her farewells, her return, her mourning. The journey of an extraordinary popular icon who never stopped fighting. The courage of an artist who never gives up. "Sheila, toutes ces vies-là" is also a journey through time. 60 years of pop music, punctuated by numerous archives, personal films, timeless hits and illustrations by Marc-Antoine Coulon. But also 60 years of fashion, through a legendary wardrobe (her TV show outfits) that Sheila invites us to rediscover.
Diabolique
Act like Student (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 7.9
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The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Rock'n Roll
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event2017 star_border 5.2
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Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2016 star_border 8.5
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Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.
Visa de censure n° X
Act like (archive footage) (uncredited)
event1976 star_border 6.8
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Best known for his roles in Belle de jour, Sweet Movie, and many more, Pierre Clementi was also the architect behind a transgressive, high-minded, and disorienting cinema. Like an acid-soaked freefall, Visa de censure n° X is a rush of nudity and color from one of France’s most seductively watchable actors, set to an album's worth of psychedelic prog rock (performed by the Delired Cameleon Family, a group featuring members of French band Clearlight).
J'ai tout donné
Act like Self
event1972 star_border 8
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An intimate cinéma vérité style documentary following french mega star Johnny Hallyday's summer tour.
Everyone's Life
Act like Johnny
event2017 star_border 4.6
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Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.
Malpertuis
Act like Marin (non credite)
event1971 star_border 6.4
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Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius. He manages to keep them, as well as his nephew and niece, prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.
Secret File 1413
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event1961 star_border 2
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A detective investigates a murder and gets caught up in spy shenanigans.
Cherchez l'idole
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event1964 star_border 6.2
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After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...
Bouton Rouge
Act like Self
event1967
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Pop films by Garrel.
The Ponies
Act like Johnny Hallyday
event1967 star_border 5
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The rise and fall of a journalist, named Max Torp, who runs a youth magazine, a private club, a tour agency and a pirate radio.
5 + 1
Act like Self
event1970
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Documentary in two parts: the first one shows one of Johnny Hallyday's concerts at the Palais des Sports in Paris in May 1969 while the second is the filming of an exceptional performance by the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park in London in July 1969, a few days after Brian Jones's death.
Aznavour by Charles
Act like Self - Singer (archive footage)
event2019 star_border 6.9
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In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments, friends, loves, misfortunes.
The Perfect Day
Act like Self
event2018 star_border 7.5
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French soccer fans, celebrities and athletes retrace the exhilarating events of July 12, 1998, as France earned a historic win in the World Cup final.
Vadim Mister Cool
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2016 star_border 6.2
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As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific father... Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, a.k.a. Roger Vadim, tried everything until his death in 2000. Portrait of a man at the cutting edge of fashion and trends.
Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live
Act like Self
event2020
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Concert of the french singer johnny hallyday for his birthday on 15/06/2020.
Retiens Johnny
Act like Self
event2020 star_border 8
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When Johnny Hallyday died in December 2017, thousands of orphaned fans felt the need to come together to revive their idol. At their request, the Madeleine Church opens its doors and organizes each month a tribute to the intention of the missing singer.
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2017 star_border 8
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Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.
Tales of Paris
Act like Jean Allard (segment "Sophie")
event1962 star_border 5.1
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A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a guitarist with whom she falls in love. In Françoise, by Claude Barma, a young woman returning to France after living in the United States has an affair with her best friend's lover. In Antonia, by Michel Boisrond, a middle-aged woman tries to convince her ex-lover that she still has many assets to seduce. In Ella, by Jacques Poitrenaud, a Pigalle dancer meets a man in a cab.
Christmas Blues
Act like Self
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The whole spirit of New Orleans is captured and brought to life by Jean-Christophe Averty. Eight paintings which retrace the history of jazz and blues in this American city, known for the richness of its artistic heritage. The music evolves throughout the different scenes, with dazzling accuracy and harmony.
Numéro un
Act like Self (11 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6
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A French variety show.
Taratata
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.5
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Taratata was a French TV show showcasing live and pre-recorded footage of current rock acts. Presented by Nagui since its début in 1993, the show was initially shown on France 2. The show often involved surprise and unlikely duets, as well as brief interviews with the artists. Taratata was cancelled in 2000, but returned in April 2005 on the public French network France 4 once a week on prime time, France 3, and late night once a month France 2 and Virgin Radio. Artists including Devendra Banhart, Katie Melua, and Ayo made their French TV debut on the show. The show's chief lighting technician, Jean-Philippe Bourdon, was awarded two Sept d'or in 1994 and 1995.
The show featured unique duets and highlights new artists and uses different presenters for each episode. These aspects, and the general emphasis on original music, led the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel to identify Taratata as a uniquely creative show on French TV in April 2009.
The show aired throughout Europe on TV5MONDE Europe on Saturday nights. The show is also franchised to Dubai Television in Arabic with an almost identical format to its French counterpart.
On 31 May 2013, France Télévisions announced that the show was cancelled. Despite the announcement, the show will continue in a web only format and that a concert will be oragnized at Zénith de Paris on 10 October 2013. The last show was recorded on 13 June 2013 and was broadcast on 12 July 2013.
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
Act like Self (archive footage) (5 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6
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Johnny Hallyday in his own words. This intimate docuseries explores the life and career of France's rock icon through archival film and interviews.
Zone interdite
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 5
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The zone interdite refers to two distinct territories established in German-occupied France during the Second World War after the signature of the Second Armistice at Compiègne.
At War for Algeria
Act like Self - Singer (archive footage) (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7
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North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catastrophe that for eight long years will shake and finally overthrow the foundations of the colonial regime established by France in 1830.
Doc humanité
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2018
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A program featuring independent documentaries produced in Canada and abroad exploring regional, provincial, national and international perspectives. Through these films, Doc humanité seeks to reveal, share, show and explain the big issues of our time in all spheres of human endeavour and contribute to an improved understanding of Canada’s place in the modern world.
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Act like Self (6 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6
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A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Midi Première
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 10
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Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
Apostrophes
Act like Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 8.5
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Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Police Commissioner Moulin
Act like William Terrano (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 5.8
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The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
Star Academy
Act like Self (11 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6.4
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Star Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It is broadcast on TF1. At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.
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